Simultaneously Achieving Climate Change and Air Quality Goals in Thailand

Thailand has introduced a wide range of policies intended to reduce the adverse impacts of air pollution on human health, crop yields, and other development priorities. Thailand has also adopted increasingly ambitious climate policies as part of global efforts to keep warming within safe levels. Since emissions contributing to air pollution and climate change often share sources, Thailand could save lives, money, and time from integrated responses to these two interrelated concerns. In short, Thailand has a significant--but often untapped--opportunity for integrated air pollution and climate change policies.
After joining the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) in 2019, Thailand initiated a CCAC Supporting National Action & Planning initiative (SNAP) project in 2021 to take advantage of that opportunity. This assessment report is the first main output of that engagement.